Bollinger Band Signals with Selectable Moving Average Midlines

Summary

This strategy builds Bollinger Bands around a selectable moving average, offering alternatives such as simple, exponential, weighted, double exponential, Hull, and Tillson T3 averages. The middle band uses the selected average, while the outer bands are offset by a standard deviation of the input price series. The described parameters include a 20-period band length and a standard-deviation multiplier of 1. The source generates a long setup when price crosses back above the lower band and a short setup when it crosses back below the upper band. A BTC/USDT futures backtest configuration is listed, but no performance results are provided.

The explanatory prose instead describes shorting a move above the upper band and buying a move below the lower band, which differs from the source's cross-back conditions. The document presents the range of moving-average choices as a way to adapt responsiveness, while warning that band signals can whipsaw and that rapid price swings can make the midline less useful. It recommends testing average types, adding stop-losses or filters, and considering position sizing. Those improvements are proposals, not evaluated evidence, and the strategy has no stated exit or risk-management rule beyond its entry setup.

Key ideas

• The Bollinger Band midline can use one of several selectable moving-average calculations.
• The outer bands are offset from the midline by a standard-deviation measure of the source price.
• The source triggers entries on crosses back inside the lower or upper band.
• The prose describes beyond-band entries, creating a mismatch with the source conditions.
• No performance results or explicit exit rule are provided.

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